Strip-tilling and simultaneously placing manure can save the time and money of an extra trip, reduce commercial fertilizer costs, increase yields and protect the environment, say Midwest strip-tillers who have tried this practice.
If the rain, ruts and soggy fields last fall make you think twice about strip-tilling this fall, Illinois strip-tiller Brent Schmitz offers some simple advice.
By strip-tilling 16,000 acres of field corn and sweet corn, a farm in Washington state has cut field trips by 40% on its 60,000-acre potato-corn-wheat rotation.
Now is a good time for strip-tillers to dig soil pits to assess root development, compaction and soil health, says Jodi DeJong-Hughes, University of Minnesota Extension strip-till expert.
Dave Dusanek thought switching from a corn-soybean rotation to continuous corn would be easy, but the Monticello, Iowa, strip-tiller soon learned that residue management was a huge challenge.
Using a 60-foot-wide, front-folding toolbar on rubber tracks, Pennville, Ind., strip-tiller Shane Houck created a dual-purpose strip-till rig and planter.
Scott Setniker tried strip-till for the first time this year and the Independence, Ore., farmer looks forward to trying it again this fall and next spring.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, we honor the life and legacy of Bill Richards — the ‘Grandfather of No-Till’ — who passed away Tuesday at the age of 93.
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